The Easiest Mushroom to Grow | Wine Cap Mushroom Guide

Learn to grow the easiest mushrooms to grow at home, wine cap mushrooms. Wine cap mushrooms can be grown in most locations around the world you just need to create a carbon bed for them.
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0:00 Why You Should Grow Mushrooms
0:48 Where to Grow Your Wine Caps
2:45 Substrate 1: Straw
4:02 Why Soak Your Carbon Source?
4:33 Tips for Growing in Dry Climate
6:33 Substrate 2: Woodchips
8:37 How Much Spawn Do I Use?
9:57 When to Plant when to harvest?
10:39 Final Tips
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[@virusO1OOOOO1]

Have you ever seen a Amanita muscaria?

[@gg-gn3re]

ALL walnut produce juglone, not just black walnut. Therefore all types should probably not be used.

[@makemyday9714]

Can I use pine wood chips?

[@mhpjii]

You are good and generous. Thank you for all your efforts, Steven.

[@s.9985]

Just ordered some wine cap mushrooms and can't wait to prep the soil! Thanks for the info!

[@lucasolmos6719]

Can’t wait to see the results!

[@hubbiestheman]

Thanks for all the great information.

[@DanaD555]

Thank you for this info! I love mushrooms and I always want to grow some but never had the guts to try it...but... Next year I am going to try it. And as you said if you'll never try you'll never know or learn. Gardening is a continues learning process, but it's fun for me.

[@amymason6072]

Love this. I have been thinking about growing mushrooms and spent the past 4 hours researching & watching other videos. I have just about given up on the idea, as they were growing in containers and bags and saying everything needed to be extremely sterile. They made the process sound so very complicated I was ready to give up on the idea all together. However your video has me very hopeful. This is what I want a simple outdoor mushroom bed.

[@holisticheritagehomestead]

Such an awesome video. Thank you for mentioning herbicides. We don’t want that! We have to be careful nowadays of what inputs and growing mediums we choose. This is motivating me to grow my own mushrooms. Thank you!

[@southernfriedland8002]

Always great information, thank you Steven. Wicked pissa video greatly appreciated.

[@mrhsjh9669]

Great info, may try mushrooms one day. Thanks.

[@ebradley2306]

Going to do this in the thick leaves in my shade garden. Already have a dedicated wood chip mushroom bed.

[@melanieallen8980]

very nice!!!very interesting!!!

[@angelcaban1322]

11:10 Yo. That fast forward was hilarious. Made my day. Thank you.

[@carolschedler3832]

Thank you!! 🎉🎉🎉

[@nevereverforever0010-uf9su]

so awesome man, thanks for sharing the knowladge.. i desire to have achers to do this with, and lotsa pines for foraging

[@Soilfoodwebwarrior]

Doing SD proud brother

[@fdfg546ghhjs3]

Thanks!

[@kylejf2108]

Awesome man! Awesome idea for mushroom walking paths, I want to do this for a garden. I have some tasty boletes that give me a couple flushes durring the summer. Is there a food source I can feed them/tree? Compost maybe 🤔

[@dawneandjohn]

Is there a follow-up video to show the mushrooms growing? We wanna see mushrooms!! ❤🍄 🍄 🍄 ❤

[@johnbrzenksforearm8295]

I use to use inoculated straw to mulch my potted trees, but i found that the mycelium would create a blanket on top of the soil that wouldn't allow water to get to the soil below it very easily. When i would water the water would run to the sides and down only getting that soil a bit damp.

[@marthadoelle7585]

I multiplied my spawn by layering damp newspaper sprinkled with spawn for several layers in a covered tote for a month. It's still providing a bountiful harvest three years later. Top off with cardboard topped with woodchips every year to provide food and keep down competition from plants. Stamlets says not to eat these more than twice a week.

[@KGzSUPREME]

This is awesome. Also does anyone know other website like chipdrop for other stuff (maybe straw, leaves, etc..)

[@hugelpook]

Loved your video. Could I do this in a raised bed with hugel culture? So I would have logs in the bottom, then fill the gaps with woodchips and branches. Then put straw on top of that. Then top it off with woodchips. Does that sound OK? Or should I add compost in there somewhere? And what about animal bedding? Could that go in with the straw layer?

[@aao-bacho]

@NaturesAlwaysRight Can you do it frozen land areas as well?

[@SARJENT.]

Have you tried using soaked hardwood pellets?

[@gregorybaur3097]

Question. Can I use hardwood pellets for a pellet stove for the mushroom bed?

[@Jillian143]

Good info! Thank you! Btw do you know if brandywines are poisonous to doggies? Just want to make sure I keep my little girl safe!

[@jamiesmith1343]

I have chipmunks and squirrels, should I put a screen on top like a starter bed? And if I planted the mushrooms in a pot , do I need to add drain holes? Thank you for all the great advice. I'm trying to start a sustainable garden of perenial's to pass down to my family, when I'm gone.

[@inrussian]

What varieties did you like growing in mulch? Do you grow any in logs too if so which kind?

[@NMW80]

So if we keep it wet and feed it with new wood chips etc yearly it will keep producing every year?

[@amyhoang9140]

Do you think you can make straw mushrooms? I haven't seen fresh straw mushrooms in the U.S. but I think since your area and very humid and hot, maybe you can make straw mushrooms without a starter, which grow in Aaia..

[@CrabbyPattydelight]

Im waiting for lobster mushroom season, do you like them?

[@GrowingLittleCountryhomestead]

I’m hoping your charcoal and water experiment is still in the works. Been looking forward to the results.

[@NaturesAlwaysRight]

I'm still testing it in all my animals waters to see if it prevents mold.

[@edjo3430]

Is wood shavings from feed stores ok?

[@stanpustylnik]

Hello, I loved this video, however would be good to see if you got any mushrooms from this hard work?

[@NaturesAlwaysRight]

I did get a harvest, just never made an update video.

[@pbkup]

Why can’t pine be used? I’m curious That’s what we have mostly around here with chip drops and can’t get any straw not sprayed not sure what options are left for me

[@gregorybaur3097]

Will chlorinated water hurt the mycelium?

[@allidrev]

Well, what was your outcome?

[@smellslikepeenssteerit6423]

I struggle a lot with small slugs where I live. I have lost whole beds of good wine cap inoculated chips and straw (in addition to lots of veggies and herbs) to slugs.

[@clarencesmith9882]

I was so excited to grow winecaps and had 2 little mushrooms "fruit" after installing the woodchip/straw bed. When we harvested them to try them out there were little slugs eating them. SOOOOOOO disappointed. I haven't seen slugs or snails anywhere else in my garden in like forever. Anyone have any recommendations to mitigate slug damage in the mushroom bed?

[@NaturesAlwaysRight]

Try some beer traps

[@NMW80]

Ikr ugh I hate slugs we have so many where I live too. I need to buy some beer 🍺

[@TheButterflySoulfire]

Maybe try a product called Sluggo. I use it in my strawberry beds.

[@TheNomadicSol]

Could you all try harvesting them before the slugs get to them? Or maybe bird and bag houses near the beds

[@ruenetteboyette9731]

You cut down muscadines?! Sorry I'm in MI and dying for some

[@mhpjii]

Questions for you, Steven . . . how much do mushroom growers get for their produce? What quantity of mushrooms do growers usually sell? Do certain varieties bring bigger profits?

[@czechoslovakianwolfdog]

Do you have a video update?

[@NaturesAlwaysRight]

Not yet but I did harvest a few about a month ago!

[@jordank7201]

Where I live in Pennsylvania wine cap mushrooms are usually something you see in the spring, so why would they fruit in the fall?

[@NaturesAlwaysRight]

They fruit in fall if you inoculate in spring. Once the mushroom is established it will fruit when conditions are right.

[@farnorthhomested844]

if your trying to get the spawns to make contact with the ground, why didnt you put them down before the hay?

[@NaturesAlwaysRight]

Contact with the carbon (straw/woodchips) not the ground

[@juliehorney995]

What happens when you walk on paths innoculated with mushroom spores?

[@kylesnyder3757]

Clarification, did you use straw or did you use hay to make your mushroom beds?

[@NaturesAlwaysRight]

Hay because that's I already had. I expect grass to grow their too so straw is the better choice if buying.

[@kylesnyder3757]

@@NaturesAlwaysRight thanks!

[@TheNomadicSol]

Any good places to get mushrooms spawn other than the food and forest?

[@NaturesAlwaysRight]

They are my personal choice but there are many other companies online.

[@TheNomadicSol]

@@NaturesAlwaysRight Ok, I am gonna check them out

[@NMW80]

What season do we start this?

[@NaturesAlwaysRight]

Fall or Spring

[@safetybryan]

Why did you say not use black walnut chips for your mushroom garden? I recently dropped a large tree and have been preparing to use the ground stump chipped soils.

[@geraldcroft9020]

I think walnuts have something in them that basically kills off competing plants and other words walnuts are poison to the soil for other plants, and especially the leaves

[@TheNomadicSol]

Do you need fresh woodchips?

[@NaturesAlwaysRight]

YES I do

[@TheNomadicSol]

@@NaturesAlwaysRight Sorry, I meant do I need to use fresh wood chips. Buttt I could spam some chip drops for you😂

[@thehorrorification]

If the growing and youtube business dries up, he could always become a Groucho Marx impersonator.

[@superresistant8041]

update?

[@fanjiang9317]

The squirrel and chipmunk like to dig the mushrooms. What can you do

[@NaturesAlwaysRight]

Trap and kill, or get a cat.

[@Haliotro]

Did you move to Arkansas or something?

[@gg-gn3re]

pretty sure it's tennessee, so yea basically

[@jennetal.984]

Mushrooms are delicious but how much protein do they give you?

[@creative227]

.5 grams for wine cap mushrooms according to Google.

[@NaturesAlwaysRight]

Eat eggs and meat for protein. I eat mushrooms for all the special healing/anti-inflammatory compounds they have.

[@creative227]

@@scotthuey1981 according to webmd 1 cup of mushrooms has 1 gram of protein.

[@creative227]

@@scotthuey1981 1 gram is not what I’d call a lot and not sufficient to one’s daily protein requirement. Cool that it has at least a little protein. For someone who is vegan it’s not enough to fulfill the body’s need for protein.

[@tinnerste2507]

They do have proteins that are harder to find in plants like B12 and six. They also have vit D3 too which is rare outside of animal fats. But it's different in different mushrooms and then different again based on the quality of substrate and weather . So it's not a waste for a vegetarian to grow mushrooms for their nutrition

[@i8BBQ4Lunch]

I found out about the difference between hay and straw. I've lost my garden to field grass.😒

[@isaacjohnson615]

Look into planting a cover crop. It would replace and control the weeds.

[@Soilfoodwebwarrior]

I ask whether my straw has been sprayed at the feed store, they look at me like I am 🤪 crazy. I am going to look elsewhere

[@NaturesAlwaysRight]

Haha ya most of them do, they have no idea what they are even selling.

[@frkifrk]

where is result?

[@NaturesAlwaysRight]

Never filmed it but I harvested last year. If I was to adjust what I did I'd only do half the size area with that amount of inoculant.

[@fattymcbastard6536]

@@NaturesAlwaysRight I think you would do well to chop your straw into bite sized pieces. When it's full length like that, it's so lofty that your bed is too full of large air pockets, and the mycelium has a tougher time spreading throughout. Straw pieces that are just a few inches long will lay in a denser, more compact fashion, with more straw to straw contact, creating a denser mat of mycelium. It will also help it to retain moisture longer.

[@weirdacreshomestead3489]

If you don't live in a metro area, chip drop isn't worth your time because you will never get any woodchips.

[@creative227]

My local power company tree trimming contractors were on my road last week. They were so excited when I asked them to leave their chip! They brought me a total of five loads! I’ll be making compost for years! Too bad there are lots of conifers in them. I’ll have to get a separate load of hardwood chips for mushrooms.

[@weirdacreshomestead3489]

@@creative227 I'm a truck driver and am away from home all week, when I am home, I can't find anyone to let them know they can leave them at my place. The last time they were clearing the right of way, they piled the wood up and came through with a truck and loaded it with a grapple hook. I didn't have time to grab any of the wood.

[@weirdacreshomestead3489]

After being on chipdrop's list for 3 years and not 1 delivery, I have given up on them and bought my own chipper.

[@creative227]

@@weirdacreshomestead3489 call the company that does the job for your power company. They told me they were driving a long way to drop the full truck. I’m sure if you let the contracting company they can leave some at your place they will let the crew know.

[@weirdacreshomestead3489]

@@creative227 I tried doing that and the power company told me that they bid the work out and it tends to be a different company each time. By the time I was able to call the company that had done it this year, they had already started working in another county over a hour away.

[@DParks-ef8hy]

WTF is with the Fart at 3:37 ???

[@thp8388]

How did no one else comment on this

[@jdalkebmxgameplay9605]

I'm glad I wasn't the only one to catch that 😂

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